The Super Mario Bros. movie will star the famed plumber Mario Mario, and will be produced by Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination, and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo. The film, set in the world of Super Mario Bros., will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures.

There was, of course, that live-action film Super Mario Bros. released back in 1993, directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton and written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté and Ed Solomon. The film starred Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Fiona Shaw and Richard Edson. The film was panned by critics, but it was nominated for Saturn Awards for Best Costumes and Best Makeup.